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Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

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Letter from Walter Grey of Trinity College to Arthur Bruce Smith in 1908 identifying the handwriting of Dr. Roger Coates in this copy of Principia

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CreatorGrey, WalterDate1908-04-25DescriptionThis letter is in response to query sent from Bruce Smith to Trinity College Library, Cambridge regarding a note found in the University of Sydney's copy of Principia - "The Amendments in this book were written by Sir Isaac's own hand. See his original MSS. of his Optics in Trin. Coll. Library, Cambridge" In this letter Walter Grey, librarian, informs Bruce Smith that there is no such copy in their library, but that he believes the sample of annotations written matches the handwriting of Dr. Roger Coates, assistant to Isaac Newton.CollectionPhilosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

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Letter from Walter Grey of Trinity College to Arthur Bruce Smith in 1908 identifying the handwriting of Dr. Roger Coates in this copy of Principia